Exhibit 99.3

                          UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                         SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK


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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND            :
EXCHANGE COMMISSION,                    :
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                Plaintiff,              :
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                      v.                :
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AMERICAN BANKNOTE CORPORATION,          :
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                Defendant               :
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                         FINAL JUDGMENT AS TO DEFENDANT
                         AMERICAN BANKNOTE CORPORATION

          Plaintiff, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") having filed its Complaint, and Defendant American Banknote
Corporation ("ABN"), in the attached Consent of American Banknote Corporation
("Consent"), having entered a general appearance herein, having admitted this
Court's jurisdiction over it and over the subject matter of this action, having
acknowledged service of the Summons and Complaint, having waived the filing of
an Answer to the Complaint, having waived the entry of findings of fact and
conclusions of law pursuant to Rule 52 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure,
having waived any right it may have to appeal from the entry of this Final
Judgment as to Defendant American Banknote Corporation ("Final Judgment") and,
without admitting or denying the allegations of the Complaint, except as to
jurisdiction, to which it admits, and without presentation of any evidence,
trial, argument, or adjudication of any issue of fact or law, having consented
to the entry of this Final Judgment, and it further appearing that this Court
has jurisdiction over it and the subject matter hereof, and this court being
fully advised in the premises:

                                       I.

          IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that Defendant ABN, its
agents, servants, employees, and attorneys-in-fact, and all persons in active
concert or participation with them who receive actual notice of this Final
Judgment, and each of them, be and they hereby are permanently restrained and
enjoined from, directly or indirectly, violating Section 10(b) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act") [15 U.S.C. ss.  78j(b)] and Exchange Act
Rule 10b-5 [17 C.F.R.ss. 240.10b-5] by the use of any means or
instrumentality of interstate commerce, or of the mails, or of any facility of
any national securities exchange,

     (1)  to employ any device, scheme, or artifice to defraud,

     (2)  to make any untrue statement of a material fact or to omit to state a
          material fact necessary in order to make the statement made, in the
          light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading,
          or

     (3)  to engage in any act, practice, or course of business which operates
          or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon any person, in connection
          with the purchase or sate of any security.

                                      II.


          IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that Defendant ABN, its
agents, employees, and attorneys-in-fact, and all persons in active concert or
participation with them who receive actual notice of this Final Judgment, and
each of them, be and they hereby are permanently restrained and enjoined from,
directly or indirectly, violating Section 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933
("Securities Act") [15 U.S.C ss. 77q(a)] by, in the offer or sale of any
securities by the use of any means or instruments of transportation or
communication in interstate commerce or by the use of the mails.

     (1)  employing any device, scheme or artifice to defraud, or

     (2)  obtaining money or property by means of any untrue statement of a
          material fact or any omission to state a material fact necessary in
          order to make the statements made, in the light of the circumstances
          under which they were made, not misleading. or

     (3)  engaging in any transaction, practice or course of business which
          operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon a purchaser.

                                      III.

          IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that Defendant ABN, its
agents, servants, employees, and attorneys-in-fact, and all persons in active
concert or participation with them who receive actual notice of this Final
Judgment, and each of them, be and they hereby are permanently restrained and
enjoined from, directly or indirectly, violating Sections 13(a) and 13(b)(2)(A)
and (B) of the Exchange Act [15 U.S.C. ss. 78m(a) and 78m(b)(2)(A) and (B)] and
Exchange Act Rules 13a, 1, 13a-13, and 12b-20 [17 C.F.R. ss. 240.13a-1,
240.13a-13 and 240.12b-20], by

     (a)  filing or causing to be filed with the Commission any report or
          statement required to be file with the Commission pursuant to Section
          13(a) of the Exchange Act [15 U.S.C. ss. 78m(a)] and the rules and
          regulations promulgated thereunder, which contains any untrue
          statement of material fact which omits to state any material fact
          required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the
          statements made, in the light of the circumstances under which they
          were made, not misleading, or which omits to disclose any information
          required to be disclosed; or

     (b)  failing to make and keep books, records, and accounts, which, in
          reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and
          dispositions of its assets; or

     (c)  failing to devise and maintain a system of internal accounting
          controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that:
          transactions are executed in accordance with management's general or
          specific authorization; transactions are recorded as necessary to
          permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with
          generally accepted accounting principles or any other criteria
          applicable to such statements, and to maintain accountability for
          assets: access to assets is permitted only in accordance with
          management's general or specific authorization; and the recorded
          accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at
          reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to
          any differences.

                                      IV.

          IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that, notwithstanding
section III(a) and (b) above, Defendant ABN may omit from any report or
statement required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a) of
the Exchange Act the presentation of, and management's discussion and analysis
about, financial statements for ABN's fiscal years ended December 31, 1998, or
1999 or any quarterly period within either of such fiscal years or selected or
any other required financial information for ABN's fiscal years ended December
31, 1996, 1997, 1998, or 1999.

                                       V.

          IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that the attached Consent
is incorporated by reference herein with the same force and effect as if fully
set forth herein and that ABN shall comply with the terms of the consent.

                                      VI.

          IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that this Court shall
retain jurisdiction of this action for all purposes, including implementation
and enforcement of the terms and conditions of this Final Judgment and attached
Consent.

                                      VII.

          There being no reason for delay, the Clerk of the Court is hereby
directed, pursuant to Rule 54(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, to
enter this Final Judgment forthwith and without further notice.


          SO ORDERED, this 19th day of July, 2001 at Part I.


                                  UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

                                  Judge George B. Daniels

                                  THIS DOCUMENT WAS ENTERED
                                  ON THE DOCKET ON 7/23/01